December 12, 2014, 1:47PM

Also, Cleveland man receives extra prison time for 1994 crimes; convicted Lorain County sex offender gets eight years in prison for probation violation; Streetsboro man gets two years in prison for causing three crashes in one night; Ledgemont, Newbury officials talk about proposed consolidated high school; NASA spacecraft will travel to Erie County facility; and Portage County gaming facility shut down in raid. Full story »

December 04, 2014, 6:30AM

It's been more than 40 years since a spacecraft built for humans has gone this far into deep space, and the purpose of the exercise is to test this "Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle" to its limits. Full story »

May 24, 2011, 6:11PM

NASA announced Tuesday that it found the ideal spaceship to take astronauts far from earth -- the same one they've been working on for several years and have spent $5 billion on. All the Orion capsule needed was a new name -- the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. Full story »

July 27, 2010, 8:00AM

With $150 million in new facilities nearing completion, NASA's Plum Brook Station near Sandusky is poised to make Ohio an international leader in "space environment testing," exposing equipment to the brutal conditions of launch and orbit. Full story »

April 14, 2010, 2:00AM

The capsule will travel unmanned to the International Space Station to stand by as an emergency vehicle to return astronauts home, officials said. The NASA Glenn Research Center in Brook Park has been involved heavily in the Orion project, particularly work on the crew capsule and service module. Full story »

March 26, 2010, 4:00AM

Nearly 200 engineers and contractors at Cleveland's NASA Glenn Research Center have helped make major progress on the new Orion spacecraft that is supposed to replace the space shuttles and carry astronauts to the moon. There's only one problem: President Obama intends to cancel the program. Full story »